The Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF) is a group of

parliamentary In modern politics and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...

officials from the Asia-Pacific region who wish to discuss matters that affect their region with their government counterparts around the world. The group was founded in 1993. It is a branch of the

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC ) is an inter-governmental forum for 21 member economy , economies in the Pacific Rim that promotes free trade throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Following the success of Association of Southeast Asia ...

(APEC).

Dan Hays Daniel Phillip Hays (April 24, 1939) is a Canadians, Canadian politician born in Calgary, Alberta. He was Speaker of the Senate of Canada from 2001 to 2006, when he became Leader of the Government (Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal) in the Sen ...

is a past Chair of the APPF's Canadian section. The Australian National Group was founded in 1995.Inter-Parliamentary Relations: About the Parliamentary Relations Office

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